Lonnie Johnson - New Black Snake Blues-Part 1 (1928) lyrics

VS: Ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhhhhh, huh huh,

Ahhhhh, huh huh, hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmmm.

LJ: Something keep a moanin’, I don’t know what it is.

VS: In my path lays a black snake, ‘bout 8 or 9 inches.

Here me screamin’, man I ain’t dreamin’.

In my path lay a black snake, ‘bout 8 or 9 inches long.

Got my axe and mean to kill him, before he sucks my rider stone.

LJ: When my right eye winks, on my knees I begin to crawl.

When my right eye winks, on my knees I begin to crawl.

It will be hell to tell the capt’n, if I catch another man kickin’ in my stall.

VS: Ohhh, want my black snake to come back home.

Hmm, wonder if my black snake will come back home.

Wonder if he’s been [with] another woman, Lord since he been gone.

LJ: There’s no use a worryin’, a baby ‘bout the time being, early in the morning, late every night.

There’s no use a worryin’, baby ‘bout the days being long.

The black snake has got the best of you, can’t roll him from home.